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Added on the 29/03/2022 06:10:01 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Images of people walking in protective gear in a quiet street of Shanghai as the city reports that three people had died from Covid-19. This is the first official announcement of deaths from the latest outbreak that plunged the megacity into a weeks-long lockdown, sparking widespread anger and rare protests. IMAGES
Images of a quiet Shanghai street Tuesday morning. Since March, more than 100,000 cases in Shanghai have led to a lockdown of the city's 25 million inhabitants. The United States announced it had ordered all non-essential employees at its Shanghai consulate to leave, while voicing concerns for the safety of Americans in China as the government enforces hard lockdowns to contain Covid-19. IMAGES
Images of reduced traffic on a street in China's largest city Shanghai under a lattice of restrictions -- which fall short of a citywide shutdown. China reported 5,280 new Covid-19 cases nationwide on Tuesday, more than double the previous day's tally as the highly-transmissible Omicron variant spreads across a country which has tethered tightly to a 'zero-Covid' strategy. IMAGES
Scenes at London's Oxford street on the first day of a six-week lockdown imposed for England's 56 million people after a surge in coronavirus cases brought warnings that hospitals could soon face collapse. IMAGES
Dozens of demonstrators defy Chile's nationwide lockdown order to gather at a square in Santiago and protest in favour of workers on May Day. IMAGES